Kochi
Americannoun
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a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
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Formerly Cochin. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese in 1503.
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a port in SW Japan, on central Shikoku on Urado Bay. Pop: 326 490 (2002 est)
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another name for Cochin
Example Sentences
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We had cycled that morning to three Buddhist temples near Kochi city and were heading toward a fourth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That night, in a hostel catering to pilgrims, I redid our GPS map to join the Henro route the next day in Kochi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Lavan docked in the south-west Indian port of Kochi on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
Urara’s reputation — bolstered by her signature pink racing accessories and fan merchandise — breached the perimeters of the Kochi racetrack and made her a global phenomenon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
He added that Arata Kochi, as head of the TB program for WHO, had come to recognize this threat and had introduced the idea of a DOTS-plus strategy.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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